The Mediterranean type of climate is best favoured for

A. yam cultivation

B. fruit growing

C. cotton cultivation

D. wheat production

Which of the following is a north-easterly wind from Sahara blowing towards the Gulf of Guinea?

A. the sirocco

B. the fohn

C. the harmattan

D. the chinook

Continental shelves are important for all the following except

A. fishing

B. sea piracy

C. development of harbour

D. recreation

Spits and bars are formed by

A. river erosion

B. wind deposition

C. wave erosion

D. wave deposition

All the following constitute environmental hazards except

A. urbanization

B. mass wasting

C. earthquakes

D. drought

The Equatorial forests of the Amazon basin is generally referred to as the

A. campos

B. selvas

C. pampas

D. lianos

Xerophytic plants are usually associated with

A. regions of heavy rainfall

B. waterlogging

C. areas of low rainfall

D. windward part of a highland

'House are far apart from one another. They are commonly connected by foot path'. This description refers to

A. ribbon settlement

B. dispersed settlement

C. nucleated settlement

D. urban settlement

Ports that specialize in receiving and redistributing goods to neighboring countries are called

A. river ports

B. entrepots

C. outports

D. inland ports

An area is said to be over-populated if

A. there is not enough food to clear for the population

B. its inhabitants are not using birth control methods

C. it has more people than its developed physical and human resources can support

D. there is massive rural-urban migration